Glass heating and drawing furnace.



Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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Snom/WQ@ Y ILHOUZB.- GLASS HEATING AND DRAWING 4PURNAC'L.

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. .ULGISS Hoezen. or'enaivn IAPIDs, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent. f .I .PatQdLO-,

application med Febray 4, 1909. serial Np. 475,993. Srl f To all 'it mayconcern."

Be it known 'that I, ULGIssE HoUzE, a citi-1i zen of the United Statesof America, residing at Grand Rapids, 1n the county of Kent and vStateof -Michigam' have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GlassHeating and Drawing Furnaces; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear,` and exact description of thel invention, sueh as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relatesfto improvements in glass heating and drawingfurnaces, and its Objectis to provide the same Withjmeans Whereb)7melted glass maybe carried atdif-A f ferent leve-Isin the melting tankand' in the pot respectively; to provide improved means tor heatinfrglass in the ot to irovide 1m- '.bf. P., proved means for skimming theglass k1n the f 'drawing pot, and in vario-us novel features incylindrical `form `for making `window of combination an'd arrangement ofparts,

hereinafter more f ully described and particularly pointed out 1n theclaims, reference being had `to the accompanying drawings,

in which: y

F lgurel 1s a horizontal section of a de.-

- vice'embodying my invention taken on the line 1-'-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2a vertical section of the same taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a 'transverse vertical;l section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig.4.the same on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2; and, Fig. 5 the same` on the line5-'5 of FiG. 2.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a melting tank having the usual means of heating the same,rot shown. 2 isthe reheating pot, and 3 the drawing pot from whichlatter the glass is drawn glass, or. for other like purposes.

'In the side of the tank 1 and suitably located above the levellof theglass therein, are v'side openings 4 through which may be inserted aladle, notV shown, the. handle of which can be fulcrumed on the bottomWall ofthe opening vfor the purpose of transferring the melted glass'from the tank to a trough 5', which trough is located within the. tankand projecting inward .froml one wall thereof, through which wall is anopen-4 ing communicating with the trough through which opening extends aspout 6, .downvwardly inclined'and extendingthrough the heating pot 2'to discharge the glassfnt'oftli. said pot whereby the' glass lmaybemanually transferred from the tank-*to the pot i'n any desired amount'as occasion requires. This' spout 6 isl preferably providedWitl'i'a'co'er T- to protect the glass? flowing through fthe spout, andthe reheatin'g pot-'2y isfprovided with a dome 'top 8a having a numberof 'open-A ings 10 therein above the level of thcf'glass,

and a chimney 9 'isAprovided''communicatl ing 4with an opening at thetop of the dome sage' between .the 'potsto keep the glass hot therein. i

, 15 is an opening at thefront thepot through `which a suitable tool,notv shown,

@Closing 'Wall 20" midthes'iae. of" the le;

Beneath the bottom'Sy of the pots 2 and 3 may be inserted to skimthesurface ofthe l. glass in said ot, and 121s an openingopposite theopening 15 between the pots 2 and 3 whereby the materials skimmed -oEthe glass may be carried back into the pot 2 to be reheated. A i

16 is any suitable pipe to supply fuel to burners, not shown, attachedthereto, whereby heat is applied to the pots 2 and 3, which heat passesback between the pots andthe inclosing walls 20, and thence throu h theopenings 10, and playsupon the sur ace of the glass in the pot 2, andalso throu h the opening .12 upon the surface of the g ass 1n 21 is agate to partially or wholly close the passage'12 to cut o the heat fromthe ot ,3, and prevent over heating the glass cy Inder as'it risesthrough the opening in4 thecover 105 of the pot.-

To readily' remove the pots 2 and 3, the ortions 18 and 19 of theinclosin wallsV are iaid without mortar or cement an are easily removedand replaced, and when so 're.-

moved, aord openingsv throu'ghwhich the' 1 10,

lthe pot 3 to keep the same properly heated. '100 75 opening the glass'-cylinder is drawn inthe spots 'be removed and replaced at pleas;

'ure,w'tliout'disturbing the remainder of the comprising a meltingtankhavingside openv ings to permit insertion of a manually oper# atedladle, a heating pot near the tank, a

trough in 'the tank at the end adjacent to the pot' and a spoutcommunicating with tlie trough and pot whereby the melted glass may betransferred from the tank tothe pot at; pleasure.

2. A glassheating and drawing furnace',

comprising a melting tank a heatii'ig pot and a drawing pot ai'rangedina series, a trough -and a spout Yto convey meltedglass from the `tank tothe heating pot, a partition between the heatino' pot'and the drawingpot andhaving a )ottoni opening, a dome to the heating ,pot havingopenings tov adnnt heat, a-cover to the drawing pot havinga centralvopeningand a,removable closure, and inasoni'y surrounding said potsandinclosing f the dome.

3. A glass heating and drawing furnace,

comprising a melting furnace having side openings, a heatingpot and adrawing pot nearthe furnace, a. trough in the furnace, a

spouteommunicating 4with thetrough and heating pot, a dome on theheating ypot having openings above the -level of glass in said pot, acover to thedrawing pot having a- .hea-t between the masonry and pots.

central opening, masonry surrounding .the pots and spaced aparttherefrom and also inclosing lthe' dome, and a partition wall be.-

openings. el. A glass heating and drawing furnace,

tween the pots and having top and bottom comprising a heating pot, adome to said pot ha ving openings therein, a drawing pot coinmunieatingwith theheating pot at the top and Abottom and having an vopeningv at-the top and an opening at the side opposite the heating pot-, masonrysurrounding said pots and'spaced apart therefrom and also inclosing thedome, means for supplying glass to the heating pot, and means forapplying l l heat t said l parts.

'5. A lass heatingand drawing furnace,

comprising a heating pot having va dome, a'

drawing pot having a 4removable--flat top provided with ,a centra-lopening and a re? movable closure, masonry surrounding the potsand'having an arch inclosing the dome, said masonry having a removableWall at the front of the drawing pot and at the front of the dome,whereby the said walls may be removed without disturbing the remainderof the masonry.

6. A glass heating and drawing furnace,

comprising a melting furnace having side* r.above the top opening, adrawing potv communicating with the heat-ing pot at both top and bottom,a fiat cover to the drawing pot and having an opening and a removableclosure, masonry surrounding the pots and inelosing the dome, and meansfor supplying y 4 l In testimony whereof I atlix my signature inpresence of two witnesses. Y

I ULGYISSE HOUZE.

Witnesses: I I

NOEL J. Henze, PALMER A. JONES.

